“I’ve always been an Apple user, but despite preferring them… I’m now going to switch to Android,” a user going by the name Xerexes wrote on Twitter.

“Technology is best when it brings people together. We shouldn’t limit or keep others from using and developing it!” tweeted Ferial Govashiri, who used to work as a personal assistant to former US president Barack Obama but is now at Netflix.

Owners of devices that run on Android can still download Iranian apps from the online store for Google, also an American company, but they are still unable to use paid apps in the country.